Photos for February 2009

Caleb Seaton, Bonner Springs, tries to escape the grasp of Mill Valley’s Trevor Boyer during ... February 25, 2009	Tom Stephens February 25, 2009	The Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce had a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 25, to ... February 25, 2009
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Photo detail February 25, 2009	Daniel and Cathy Stueckemann take a break from the kitchen to sing a duet. February 25, 2009	Basehor-Linwood High School seniors Bryce Jackson (left) and Kayla McQuerry get some drinks and snacks. February 25, 2009
Susan Eickhoff shows audience members her country western talents with some help from Reba McIntire. February 25, 2009	VFW Commander Fred Box starts the evening with a little Johnny Cash. He sang two ... February 25, 2009	Monica Leibowitz (left), manager of The David House in Bonner Springs, Kyle Hlavacek (middle), of ... February 25, 2009
The staff of The Mood Marble Company celebrated Tuesday the fact that their business was ... February 25, 2009	Fifth-graders Kennedy Bacon, left, and Julianne Jackson put together Ziploc baggies of bagels and breakfast ... February 25, 2009	Kart Mart owner Scott Holmes sits in one of the Go Karts he is repairing. ... February 25, 2009
Jamie Istas February 25, 2009	John Broman February 25, 2009	Aubree Miller and Seth Clements, both seniors at Bonner Springs High School, were crowned the ... February 25, 2009
Mill Valley senior Sterling Roaf elevates for a dunk attempt during the second half against ... February 21, 2009	Bonner Springs' Chris Smith goes in for a layup as Mill Valley's Max Carroll defends. February 21, 2009	Bonner Springs senior Isaac Mills drives to the basket against Mill Valley sophomore Jonathan Anaekwe. ... February 21, 2009
The Bonner Springs boys coaching staff dressed sharp for Senior Night at BSHS. February 21, 2009	Mill Valley junior Nicole Garretson muscles her way to the basket Friday against Bonner Springs. ... February 21, 2009	Bonner Springs freshman Yessenia Hernandez looks to drive against Mill Valley junior Whitney Hartman on ... February 21, 2009
Bonner Springs' Lynsey Ostman drives to the basket against Mill Valley's Erika Wheeler on Friday. ... February 21, 2009	Infusion Design and Jet Fuel Coffee are vacating downtown Bonner Springs. Owner Sean Elsner said ... February 19, 2009	A sign posted on the door of Elsner's Café announces its closing. February 19, 2009
Tanner McCleary, Bonner Springs High School senior, closes in on a pin of Tonganoxie’s Jonas ... February 18, 2009	Kelsi Lynn Bean and Matthew Philip McDowell February 18, 2009	Marcia Ashford is Bonner Springs' community and economic development director. February 18, 2009
Matt Beets, left, Bonner Springs Public Works project manager, gives a tour Thursday morning of ... February 18, 2009	The Bonner Springs High School 2009 Courtwarming royalty members are (front row, from left): Brittany ... February 18, 2009	Bonner Springs NAACP chapter President Mary Kimbrough, front, stands with her granddaughter Alexis Kimbrough at ... February 18, 2009
Mary Kimbrough, Nina Kimbrough-Smith and Alexis Kimbrough attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama. February 18, 2009	Jet Fuel Coffee and Elsner’s Cafe, located in downtown Bonner Springs on Oak Street, closed ... February 18, 2009	Bonner Springs High School freshmen Madison Morris, Salina Duarte, Cynthia Ebertz and Miriah Bailey dance ... February 18, 2009
Grandparents Gwen and Chester Briggs eat lunch with granddaughter Elizabeth Briggs, a fifth-grader at Edwardsville ... February 18, 2009	Photo detail February 18, 2009	Barbara Hanners hugs granddaughter Caraline Crowley at the Edwardsville Elementary grandparent’s lunch. Crowley is in ... February 18, 2009
Photo detail February 18, 2009	Photo detail February 18, 2009	Delaware Ridge first-grader Madelyn Nolting stands in line at the Delaware Ridge Elementary Lights, Camera, ... February 18, 2009
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Jim Hann, USD 204’s energy manager and educator, shows off Delaware Ridge Elementary’s ground source ... February 18, 2009	DeeDee Charles February 18, 2009	Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has signed a budget-reduction bill into law but applied her authority to ... February 18, 2009
Army Maj. Rachel Sullivan, right, a civil affairs officer, gets briefed on events occurring in ... February 16, 2009	Bonner Springs Mayor Clausie Smith, second from left, presents Bonner Springs NAACP president Mary Kimbrough, ... February 11, 2009	Matt Bille, Bonner Springs senior, competes in the butterfly during a recent meet. On Thursday, ... February 11, 2009
This artist's rendering shows the intended look of the Schlitterbahn Vacation Village's Riverwalk. The waterpark ... February 11, 2009	The Torrent Tidal Wave River is in the early stages of construction. This Schlitterbahn signature ... February 11, 2009	Photo detail February 11, 2009
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Photo detail February 11, 2009	Photo detail February 11, 2009	Basehor-Linwood students Lucas Turner and Heather Carmitchel act as Mr. Hunt and Ms. Chase, two ... February 11, 2009
Basehor-Linwood students Kenzie Mitchener and Hannah Kenton play the parts of toxic waste removers with ... February 11, 2009	An exhibit of Kansas City-based artist Mark Weber’s work, which will be comprised of landscapes ... February 11, 2009	Photo detail February 11, 2009
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Bonner Springs characters in “Hickory Dickory Dead” discuss, and make accusations, as to who might ... February 11, 2009	Bonner Springs High senior Brandy Hoover plays estranged sister Regan Tasker in the play “Hickory ... February 11, 2009	Bonner Springs High senior Brandy Hoover plays estranged sister Regan Tasker in the play “Hickory ... February 11, 2009
Photo detail February 11, 2009	Mary Ann Mogle February 11, 2009	Karen Land talks about the Iditarod in a visit to Basehor Community Library. February 11, 2009
The Higgins family, (from left) Ryan, Molly, Blake and Kara, is in the process of ... February 11, 2009	A large tree rests on a rental house at 115 Morse. High winds that blew ... February 11, 2009	Mark Bishop February 11, 2009
Melvin and Joyce Williams, of MJ Ranch in rural Douglas County, are opposed to a ... February 10, 2009	First-graders Kayla Gunn, left, and Katelyn Cofer celebrate Kansas Day at Delaware Ridge Elementary School ... February 5, 2009	Madelyn Nolting sings “Home on the Range” while working on a sunflower-seed art project with ... February 5, 2009
A fire broke out at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28 in the Edwardsville mobile ... February 5, 2009	A fire broke out at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28 in the Edwardsville mobile ... February 5, 2009	A fire broke out at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28 in the Edwardsville mobile ... February 5, 2009
Ava Modin, a Delaware Ridge Elementary School first-grader, glues sunflower seeds to a piece of ... February 5, 2009	Alex Sullivan, Bonner Springs senior, competes in the 100-yard butterfly on Thursday, Jan. 29, at ... February 4, 2009	Isaac Florez, of Bonner Springs Elementary, was one of four USD 204 students to compete ... February 4, 2009
Jill Jenkins February 4, 2009	Larry Berg February 4, 2009	George Cooper February 4, 2009
Keith Chadwick, Bonner Springs resident and St. James Academy freshman, gets his head shaved Tuesday ... February 4, 2009	Gene Myracle February 4, 2009	Third-graders Sammy Lee and Katie Fulkerson work on a few pages for their Kansas Day ... February 4, 2009
Bradlee Ketcham and Simon Commerford, third-graders at Glenwood Ridge Elementary, fill out their Kansas Day ... February 4, 2009	Monica Sorensen February 4, 2009	Nancy Johnson February 4, 2009
Delaware Ridge first-grade teacher Molly Dykman helps students (from left to right) Alexis Williams, Seth ... February 4, 2009	Marcia Ashford, left, the new Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce president, speaks with outgoing president ... February 4, 2009	Stephanie Eickhoff February 4, 2009

Point of View

The postal service is cutting back hours at some rural post offices. How often do you go to the post office?

“For my own personal use, I only go a couple times a year to mail gifts, usually around Christmas and family birthdays. At that time I usually buy a couple books of stamps that last for most of the year! For professional use, I go a couple times a month to check our PO Box.”

— Erin Evans

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